Manicure instrument.



J.'B. WILLIAMSON.

MANICURE INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATlON FILED APR.6.1916.

Patented July 31, 1917;

JOHN B. WILLIAMSON, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

MANICURE INSTRUMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed April 6, 1916. Serial N 0. 89,477.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. IVILLIAM- son, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Louisville, in the-county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ManicureInstruments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to manicure instruments and has as its object toprovide an instrument of this class of simple form which may bemanufactured at a low cost and may be carried about conveniently in onespocket as for example upon a key ring and which instrument may beemployed as a nail file, finger nail cleaner, and in push.- ing back thecuticle from the nail.

It is one aim of the invention to so form the instrument that the samemay be conveniently employed in cleaning the finger nails withoutlikelihood, however, of injury being caused either to the finger nailitself or to the flesh beneath the nail as is likely to occur where anordinary penknife is employed.

Another aim of the invention is to so construct the instrument that thesame may be employed in pushing back the cuticle from the nail withoutlikelihood of tearing the cuticle or roughening the same.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the manner of using thedevice in filing down the nails;

Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating the manner of using the device incleaning the nails;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device;

Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 4-4. of Fig. 3.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

The instrument embodying the present invention is preferably stamped orotherwise formed from a sheet metal blank and the same comprises a heador finger piece indicated by the numeral 1 which is located at one endof the body portion of the device indicated by the numeral 2, said headand body portion occupying a common plane inasmuch as the devicethroughout its entire length is flat sided. It is preferable that thehead 1 be formed centrally with an opening 3 which permits 9f theinstrument being firmly grasped between the thumb and forefinger of onehand while the instrument is being employed in manicuring the nails ofthe other hand and which opening may also receive a key ring. In orderthat the instrument may be employed in filing down the edges of thenailsthe opposite faces of. the body portion 2 of the instrument are serratedor roughened as indicated by the numeral 4 and consequently either sideor face of the said body portion may be employed for this purpose.

As stated, the head 1 is located at one end of the body portion 2 of theinstrument and the body portion at its other end is provided with anextension 5 connected by a shank 6 with the head 7. The opposite edgesof the extension 5 are recessed on curved lines as indicated at 8 thecurvature corresponding substantially to the curvature of the tip end ofthe finger. The outer end edge of the extension 5 is located at rightangles to the longitudinal axis of the instrument and the forward endsof the concave edges 8 terminate at the said forward end edge of thesaid extension 5 resulting in the formation at opposite sides of theshank 6 of shoulders 9 which, it will be apparent, are located injuxtaposition to the concave edges 8 at the corresponding sides of theinstrument. The head 7 is of a maximum width substantially equal to thewidth of the extension 5 in a line with the shoulders 9 and consequentlynotches 10 are provided at the opposite sides of the shank 6. The inneror rear edge of the head 7 is preferably parallel to the shoulders 9 butthe outer or forward edge thereof describes approximately a semicircle,being convex as indicated at 11.

When the instrument is to be employed in cleaning beneath the fingernails, it is dis posed edgewise to the tip end of the finger the nail ofwhich is to be cleaned and with the corresponding edge 8 of theextension 5 of the instrument resting against the said end of the fingerand with the shoulder 9 extending beneath the free edge portion of thefinger nail in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 2. The instrument isthen moved back and forth around the tip end of the finger in a mannerwhich will be readily understood. It will be understood of course thatthe corner portions of the extension 5 within the angles between theshoulders 9 and forward portions of the edges 8 of the said extension.constitute cleaning teeth and.

that as before stated the engagement of the fingers serves to preventthese teethfrom When the instrument is to be employed pushing back thecuticle from the nail the instrument is disposed endWise to the fingerand with the convex edge 1101 the head 7 bearing against the cuticle.Pressure is then gently exerted against the instrument toward the baseof the finger nail for accomplishing the result desired. It Willbe-understood that due to the provision of'the convex edge 11 and-theuse of the instrument in the manner stated, the cuticle may be pushedback from the nail without likelihood of'injuringeither the nail orcuticle or in any Way; roughening or tearing the cuticle.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new is:

1. An instrumentof theclass described including a Hat one pieceelongated body portion having its opposite longitudinal edges at one endthereofconcave to adapt them to fit against and conform tothe tip end ofa finger and provided beyond said concave portions With oppositelydisposed Copies of this patent may beobtained for'five cents each, by.addre ssingitherr Commissioner of "Patents,"

substantially rectangular recesses defining spaced parallel shouldersconstituting cleaning teeth; said end of the body portion being providedwith a fiat head having a blunt uninterrupted convex Working edge merg-7 ing into the adjacent shoulders.

2.: Anminstrument of the class described comprising a fiat one pieceelongated body portion'having one end thereof substantially circular incontour and provided with a central opening. and its oppositelongitudinal edges at the other end thereofconcave to cleaningteeth, thelast mentioned end of the 'body portion being. provided with a headhaving a blunt continuous convex Working edge merging into the ad acentshoulders and one side of the bodyv portion between the 7 centralopening therein and the concave portions being provided with a filingsurface.

Intestnnony whereof I afii'x my signature. 7

JOHN B. WILLIAMSON. Leaf Washington, I). 0.?"

